يا مَن أَتى لِلجِسم يُبرىء سقمه

وَيَظُن جالينوس بَعض عَبيدِه

O you who came to heal the body of its sickness

And Galenus thinks some of his slaves

أَفنَيت بِالطِب الَّذي تَهذى بِهِ

أَمما وَقربت الرَدى بِبَعيده

Have you wasted the medicine you boast about?

Or have you brought the remedy closer through the remote?

وَزَعَمت أَنَّكَ قَد جَدَّدتَه

وَلَقَد أَضَعت قَديمُه بِجَديدُه

And you claimed you have renewed it

But you have wasted its old with its new